Robotnik Kobuki Turtlebot 2 - Appendixes; Appendix 1: Setting up Arbotix Board

Kobuki Turtlebot II. User’s Manual
Appendixes
Appendix 1 - Setting up Arbotix board
1. Download Arduino ide from https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-1.0.6-linux64.tgz
wget https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-1.0.6-linux64.tgz
1. Extract to a folder.
2. Download firmware archives from
https://github.com/trossenrobotics/arbotix/archive/master.zip
wget https://github.com/trossenrobotics/arbotix/archive/master.zip
3. Extract to ~/Documents/Arduino
4. Open arduino
a. Cd ~/Downloads/arduino-1.0.6
b. ./arduino
5. Open Arduino IDE and change folder to /Documents/Arduino/arbotixmaster
a. File->Preferences->Sketchbook Location
b. Tools->Board->Arbotix
c. Tools->Serial Port->/dev/ttyUSBX
d. File->Sketchbook->Arbotix Sketches ->ros
e. Verify + Upload
6. The Arbotix is ready to work with ROS
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